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Abbreviations: South Korea (Korea)

Origin of name:

Korean / Korean ancestors of the Three Kingdoms (Mahan, Chen Han Han and excuses), "Han Dongyi biography" 75: "Han has three: one said Mahan, the second is Chen Han , the third is Benten-chen. Mahan in the West, there are 54 countries, North and Lok waves, the South and Japanese Then, in the East Han-chen, Shiweier States, and its North Wei Mo access. Benten e in e Han South, also Shiweier States, the Japanese and South also received. where 78 countries, Song Ji is one of Yan. larger million households and thousands of smaller, in mountain and ocean, and more than 4,000 of the , things to the limit, both ancient e States. Mahan largest of its kind of legislation for a total of Wang Chen, the head branch, make Wang Han land. their countries WANG Xian-Mahan are all kinds of people Yan. "

Although the ancient name of the Korean Peninsula volatile, but "Korea", "Han-Min," said civil renewal has been in the legal instruments between the two countries have also appeared, such as: 19 in the 1980s, "the Qing Dynasty surface trade charter "on" China and China "," Korean ", 19 in the mid-1990s - the emperor of the Japanese imperial edict declaring war also have" a strict ordered Li Hongzhang sent to the military, quickly Jinchao, set mighty thick, gradually moving into to save Han-Min in the disguise of "it.

Qing Empire after the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War, in the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" in the North Korea to give up sovereignty, recognition of the Korean independence. In 1897, North Korea announced the establishment Wang Chen Di, to establish a "Korean Empire", "Korea" for the first time enter the country, from civil. After World War II, follows the southern peninsula, "South Korea" ancestral Originally known, the establishment of a "Republic of Korea", that is, today's South Korea.

Music in the Korean han this is the "big" means, "an" means, like the overwhelming majority of them are good or moral election commemorative significance as the name of the name, family name.

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South Korea in the Northeast Asian continent southern part of the Korean peninsula｡ East, South West, surrounded on three sides by the sea, covering 99,600 square kilometers, Peninsula coastline is about 17,000 km (including the island coastline)｡ terrain southwest of the Northeast and low high, mountainous area of about ｡ accounted for 70 per cent of temperate monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature 13 ° C, precipitation of about 1300 ~ 1500 mm｡ winter average temperature of below zero｡ hottest summer in August, the temperature was 25 degrees Celsius｡ 3 April and early summer, when vulnerable typhoons and｡

South Korean flag flag [tai chi]

Tai Chi Qi was in August 1882 by the envoys to Japan and Xiao Jin Park beaches are on board in the first drawing, Emperor Gaozong 1883 was adopted as the official flag of the Joseon Dynasty｡ March 25, 1949, the South Korean Ministry of Culture and Education to consider It is the determination of the Republic of Korea, made a clear explanation of the national flag: the flag of tai chi they would ratio of 3:2, the representative of indiscriminate land, with a Tai Chi Liang Yi, 1.40 black four hexagrams｡ tai chi circle on behalf of the people, round the bend from top to bottom fish Liang Yi-shaped, red on the blue, representing yin and yang, the symbol of the universe｡ 40 hexagrams, the upper left corner of the stem that is three days, and Yang Yao-chun, on behalf of the East and Hui; lower right corner of the six-kun that is representative of the Yin lines, Xia Yi, and the West; the top right corner of Hom is a folder four lines Yin Yang lines, and representatives of water and autumn, Southern kicked off the lower left-hand corner of the two-lines from that folder on behalf of two fire lines, overcast winter, and the North-｡ overall pictorial means everything in the context of an infinite, eternal balanced and coordinated movement, symbolic, philosophical and ideological Oriental mystery｡ emblem: a round face｡ round for the five Muqinhua the middle of the Order of yin and yang logo reads｡ "Republic of Korea"｡

South Korean National Emblem

Muqinhua is South Korea's national flower. Blooming season, Hibiscus tree will generate many flower buds, a flower litter, the other continuous flower buds will open in the spring opening, brilliant spring. Therefore, the Korean also call "Mugunghwa," the everlasting symbol of generations, as well as indomitable spirit of the nation. In the design of the national emblem when five Muqinhua as the mainstay in the Hua-Rui Yin and Yang Taiji supported the traditional pattern, promoting a unique style of the Korean nation.

On the English name controversy

"Korea" is the Japanese colonialists in the 1910-1945 occupation of the Korean peninsula during the period imposed on the local population "English name" in order to guarantee in accordance with Alphabet national order at the "Japan forever in the Korean front."

In the 19th century published in the English teaching materials and maps, "Korea" is the English name of "Corea" set up in 1890 in Seoul will also be applied to the British embassy, "Corea" name. However, in the beginning of the 20th century, "Korea" gradually popularity, and eventually completely replace the "Corea."

Italy, now in South Korea is drafting Corea, also in Spanish. French wording is Coreé Korea.